Carbon pricing approaches in Eastern and Southern Africa

Eastern Africa Alliance on Carbon Markets and Climate Finance

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Abstract: The development and implementation of Carbon Pricing provides governments with an option to address the economic externalities associated with GHG emissions and, incidentally, the pollution and environmental degradation cause by various sectoral activities. However, to date there has been only limited use of Carbon Pricing on the African continent. This study aims to explore possibilities to implement Carbon Pricing, within the Project Countries; and, encompasses technical and legal analysis and observation which suggests the currently limited use, or total absence, of Carbon Pricing in such countries. The project team aimed to identify the hurdles associated with the implementation of the Carbon Pricing and possibilities to overcome such hurdles, in order to implement Carbon Pricing on both national and regional levels, by the Project Countries